Find out how cookies are used on the Sew Devine website, what they help us do, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
Last updated: 18 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Sew Devine uses cookies and similar storage and access technologies on our website.
These technologies help our website and online shop operate properly, maintain shopping baskets and checkout functions, remember certain choices, protect the website and, where legally permitted, help us understand and improve how the website is used.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website.
Similar technologies can also store information on, or access information from, your device. These may include local storage, pixels, scripts, tags and other browser or device technologies.
In this policy, we sometimes use the word “cookies” as a convenient general term, although the legal rules can also apply to other storage and access technologies.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes which may include:
We do not treat every cookie in the same way. Whether consent is required depends on what the particular technology does and whether a legal exception applies.
UK law allows certain storage and access technologies to be used without consent where the relevant legal conditions are met.
Some technologies are essential to provide a service you have requested or for a website function that is strictly necessary.
These may include technologies used to:
Consent is not normally required for a technology where the strictly necessary exception properly applies.
In limited circumstances, a technology used solely to collect statistical information about use of our website for the purpose of improving it may qualify for a legal exception.
Where we rely on this exception, we will meet the conditions required by law, including providing appropriate information and a simple and free way to object.
We will not use this exception for advertising, behavioural profiling or tracking people for unrelated purposes.
In limited circumstances, a technology used solely to adapt or improve the appearance or functionality of our website in line with your preferences may qualify for a legal exception.
Where we rely on this exception, we will provide the information and objection mechanism required by law.
If no legal exception applies, we will obtain the required consent before using a cookie or similar technology for that purpose.
This may include certain:
Where consent is required, you should be able to accept or refuse the relevant non-essential technologies.
Refusing optional cookies should not prevent you from using the essential shopping functions of our website, although a particular optional feature may not work if the technology required for that feature is refused.
Our online shop uses necessary session technologies to maintain basket information and provide ecommerce functions.
Depending on the functions you use, these may include the following:
| Cookie | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
woocommerce_cart_hash | Helps determine when the contents or information in your shopping basket changes. | Session |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | Helps determine whether items are currently in your shopping basket. | Session |
wp_woocommerce_session_* | Uses a unique session identifier so that the website can locate the shopping-basket information associated with your session. | Normally a limited period; duration can vary depending on whether you are logged in and the website configuration. |
woocommerce_recently_viewed | May support recently viewed product functionality where that feature is enabled. | Session |
store_notice* | May remember that a website notice has been dismissed where that feature is used. | Session |
The exact shopping-session technologies used can depend on which website functions you interact with and how the online shop is configured.
Our website may store a cookie or similar preference record after you accept, reject or otherwise manage cookie choices.
This is used so that the website can remember your decision and does not need to ask you to make the same choice on every page visit.
The name and duration of this preference record depend on the consent settings currently used on our website.
Preference records may also be retained for an appropriate period where necessary to demonstrate the choices made and our compliance with applicable law.
We may use website analytics where they are appropriately configured and legally permitted.
Analytics can help us understand matters such as:
If an analytics technology requires consent, it will only be used for that purpose after the required consent has been obtained.
If we rely on the statutory exception for qualifying statistical technologies instead, we will only do so where the conditions of that exception are met, including providing a simple and free means of objecting.
Our website may use marketing or advertising technologies if these features are introduced or enabled.
Such technologies could be used for purposes such as advertising measurement, remarketing, behavioural advertising or understanding whether somebody arrived at our website from a particular campaign.
We will not use consent-requiring marketing or advertising technologies before the required consent has been given.
Where marketing or advertising technologies are used, additional information and relevant choices will be provided through our website or cookie controls.
Some website functions may involve third-party services.
For example, third parties may provide payment processing, security, fraud-prevention, embedded content, analytics or other website functions.
A third-party service may use its own storage and access technologies when you interact with the relevant feature.
Where a third party uses a non-exempt technology that requires your consent through our website, the relevant third-party information should be provided as part of the consent process.
Payment services may also use necessary security, authentication or fraud-prevention technologies when you choose to use their services.
Where our website displays cookie or privacy controls, you can use them to accept, reject or manage optional technologies.
You can also use the available cookie-settings control to review or change your choices where that control is provided on the website.
Where consent is required, withdrawing consent should be as easy as giving it.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies.
Please be aware that blocking all cookies through your browser may affect essential website functions, including the shopping basket, checkout and customer account areas.
The technologies used by a website can change when website features, payment services, security services or other functions are added, removed or updated.
We therefore review the cookies and similar technologies used on our website periodically and will update this policy where appropriate.
We do not intentionally rely on a generic description to permit technologies that would otherwise require consent. Where consent is required, the appropriate consent requirements still apply.
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes to our website, the technologies we use or legal and regulatory requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page with its last-updated date.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies and similar technologies are used, please contact us:
Telephone:
0118 926 8664
Email:
info@sewdevine.co.uk
Address:
Sew Devine
24 Wokingham Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG6 1JQ
Website:
www.sewdevine.co.uk
